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The M1 carbine (formally the United States carbine, caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine chambered in the .30 carbine (7.62 × 33 mm) cartridge that was issued to the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. [11] The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by ...
The third was Winchester's patent for the M1 carbine itself (“Automatic Firearm Construction” U.S. patent 2,308,257 published January 12, 1943) with Williams as the assignee. The fourth was the carbine's short-stroke gas piston (“Piston Means for Gas-Operated Firearms” U.S. patent 2,341,005 published February 8, 1944).
M1 carbine.30 Carbine: Semi-automatic Carbine United States [18] [13] M1 Garand.30-06 Springfield: Semi-automatic rifle United States: Imported to Ireland in large numbers from 1970 onwards. [14] Still in widespread general use in early 1980s. [19] AR-15: 5.56×45mm NATO: Semi-automatic rifle United States: Smuggled to Ireland by the Harrison ...
T1CAA = 2,700 cartridges of .30 Carbine Ball M1, Grade R, in 45-round cartons packed in a small metal-lined M1917 wooden Packing Box. There were 60 cartons per box. Pre-War packing used 45-round cartons divided into three 15-round packs. M1 Carbines used 15-round box magazines, so the packs made sure that ammunition would not be wasted. Gross ...
As the M1 carbine was entering production, Winchester provided Aberdeen Proving Grounds with an improved prototype model G30R reflecting short-stroke piston knowledge gained from the successful M1 carbine program. The model G30R was provided with detachable box magazines with capacities of 5, 10, 20 or 30 cartridges. The Ordnance Department ...
Older or rarer rifles were often modified by the Viet Cong early in the war: Gras mle 1874 carbines were rechambered to .410 bore while Destroyer carbines were modified to accept the magazine of the Walther P38. [294] Home-made rifles, often spring-action rifles made to look like a M1 Garand or a M1 Carbine, were also used by the Viet Cong. [282]
Carbine Williams is a 1952 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring James Stewart, Jean Hagen and Wendell Corey. The film follows the life of its namesake, David Marshall Williams , who invented the operating principle for the M1 Carbine while in a North Carolina prison.
"Winchester Creed for 1943" (propaganda poster from the archives of the War Production Board) British members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service move Winchester firearms during World War II. The U.S. M1 carbine (technically not a carbine in the sense of a short version of a parent rifle) was designed at Winchester by an eight-man team ...